Thrōt'tle1, n.
(thrōt'tl), n. [Diminutive of throat, q. v.; M. H. Ger. drüzzel, O. Ger. drüssel, drossel, tros-sel, trussel, throat, jaws.] The windpipe or trachea; the weasand. Browne.
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Throttle
Thŏt'tle2, v. i.
v. i. [Ger. drosseln, erdrosseln.]
- To have the throat obstructed so as to endanger suffocation; to choke; to suffocate.
- To breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated.
Thrōt'tle3, v. t.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. THROTTLED; p. pr. & vb. n. THROTTLING.] 1. To choke; to strangle. Grant him this, and the Parliament hath no more freedom than if it sat in his house, which, when he pleases to draw together with one switch of his negative, shall throttle a whole nation, to the wish of Caligula, in one neck. Milton. 2. To utter with breaks and interruptions, as a person half suffocated. “Throttle their practiced accents in their fears.” Shak.